Patents by Inventor Mitchell Shapiro

Mitchell Shapiro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20050082364
    Abstract: Systems and methods for banking transactions use a kiosk to perform financial services. The kiosk dispenses a stored-value card. The kiosk determines a stored-value account related to a stored-value card for a user. The kiosk then receives user instructions for a banking transaction using the stored-value account. The kiosk then processes the user instructions to perform the banking transaction using the stored-value account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: David Alvarez, Mitchell Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20050086168
    Abstract: A system and a method for money sharing are provided. The system includes a processor configured to receive a deposit amount and assign an account value to a stored-value account. The stored-value account is stored in a storage device. The processor then dispenses two or more stored-value cards associated with the stored-value account. The stored-value cards can be distributed among two or more cardholders who may withdraw money from the stored-value account at a remote access unit configured to accept any of the distributed stored-value cards associated with the same account. Additional deposit amount can be received into the stored-value account from a cardholder of any distributed stored-value cards associated with the same account. The remote access unit can be unattended. The cards can be ATM-enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: David Alvarez, Mitchell Shapiro